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Quantum 7

Released for the Axe-Fx II/XL/XL+ and AX8, March 2017

QUANTUM 7

How much room do you need for 258 top-class guitar amps? Well, as always with serious scie­nce, the proper answer is: "it depends". To store this many tradi­tional tube amps, you would need a cubic space with edges 30 m. You could easily fit the Bran­denburg Tor or the Arc de Triumph in­side a cube that size (but you would have to take the amps out first, of course). With the Axe-Fx II XL+ and the AX8 you don’t need quite as much space, because these little black boxes already contain 258 first-class amp simu­lations. And this means that the above-mentio­ned armada of amps can now fit inside a fairly small ruck­sack. Welcome to the century where dreams come true!

Quantum 6

Released for the Axe-Fx II/XL/XL+ and AX8, December 2016

QUANTUM 6

Advanced Quantum Mechanics.While most of us will hardly have had time to check out the last firmware update, version 6 has already appeared. An update that is easier to hear and feel than to describe.This time it’s all about fine tuning.

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Quantum 5

Released for the Axe-Fx II/XL/XL+ and AX8, November 2016

QUANTUM 5

Just a few days ago the new Quan­tum 5 firm­ware was relea­sed for the Axe-Fx II and shortly after­wards for the AX8. While the upda­te to Quantum 4 was a fairly small step, Quan­tum 5 is once again a huge leap for­wards

Quantum 1

Released for the Axe-Fx II/XL/XL+, Sep 17 2015

QUANTUM LEAP

Even for Fractal Audio themselves, Quantum is a milestone in amp modeling. At the core of the new firmware are new algorithms for circuit simulation in real time (Real-Time Spice), providing a degree of accuracy previously unheard of in any product. According to Fractal Audio mastermind, Cliff Chase, Quantum is the single biggest improvement there has ever been in any of the many firmware updates for the Axe-Fx.